An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi (also released as An Adventure in Sound - Brass) is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1956 and first released on the Mercury label in 1958.Mercury Records Catalog: 20200 series accessed October 6, 2016Edwards, D., Watts, R., Callahan, M. and Eyries, P. Mercury Album Discography, Part 5: MG-20200 to MG-20399 Main Popular Music Series accessed October 6, 2016Minn, M. Maynard Ferguson Discography accessed October 6, 2016Mercury Records Collection accessed October 6, 2016The Mercury Sessions of Pete Rugolo: 1956 accessed October 6, 2016
Track listing All compositions by Pete Rugolo, except where indicated. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 4:24 "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:07 "Can't We Talk It Over" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 4:55 "God Child" (George Wallington) - 3:12 "Brass at Work" - 3:26 "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:05 "Song for Tuba" - 3:02 "A Rose for David" - 2:35 "Everything Happens to Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 3:44 "Salute" - 3:31
Recorded a Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, CA on July 10, 1956 (track 3), October 31, 1956 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) and November 21, 1956 (tracks 6–10).
Personnel Pete Rugolo - arranger, conductor Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10), Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, Don Paladino (track 3) - trumpet Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Frank Rosolino - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10) George Roberts - bass trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10) John Cave, Vincent DeRosa - French horn (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10) Clarence Karella - tuba (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10) Russ Freeman (track 3), André Previn (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Claude Williamson (tracks 6–10) - piano Barney Kessel (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10), Howard Roberts (track 3) - guitar Joe Mondragon - bass Shelly Manne - drums Larry Bunker - vibraphone, percussion (tracks 1, 2 & 4–10)
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